Brake-lining rack



E. WARREN BRAKE 141mm RACK Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,340

Filed Feb. 24, 1925 f j a m 6 7 x ,5. /Z N I M 9 7 I 9 INVENTOR E.WARREN ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 9, 1925.

unireo STATES ERNEST WARREN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

BRAKE-LINING RACK.

Application filed February 24, 19-25. Serial No. 11,298.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST l VARREN, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinventeda new and useful Improvement in Brake-Lining Racks, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates toimprovements in racks for displaying anddispensing coils of flexible material such as brake linings, and itconsists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereindescribed and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a rack in which the rolls ofbrake lining or other similar material may be displayed and from whichpieces of desired length may be removed at will without the necessity ofdisturbing other rolls.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which can be readily folded when not in use so as to render itcompact for shipment or for storage.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which will easily permit the insertion of a roll of brakelining and which will retain the brake lining roll in position while itis being unwound when a sale of a portion of the roll is made.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims. 4

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming, partof this application, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of oneembodiment ofmy invention,

Figure 2 is a plane view of the device shown in Figure 1 showing theposition of the roll of brake lining,

Figure 3 is a detailed view showing the means for securing the shelvestogether.

Figure 4 is a detailed view of the upper portion of the device, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device.

Referring now to Figure 1, I have shown therein a rack comprising aninverted U shaped portion 6 consisting preferably of a flat strip ofmetal bent as shown in the drawing. Between the opposite arms of thisinverted U shaped portion are shelves 7 made of flat strips of metalhavin their ends '7 turned downwardly and abutting the inner faces ofthe strips 6.

Similar inverted U shaped frame members 8 are provided having shelves 9secured to the inner faces of the strips in a manner similar to theshelves 7. The shelves 7 and 9 cross at their centers 10 as will alsothe upper central portions 6 and 8 of the in verted' U shaped'frames.The centers 10 are in axial alinement so to permit the U shaped framemembers, with their respective shelves, to move relatively to oneanother.

At the top of the frame thus formed is an L shaped bracket 11, the frontpart of which serves as a. nameplate. This bracket, as will be observedfrom Figure 41, is riveted to the upper members 8 and 6 and has aportion 12 extending rcarwardly. A plate orbrac-ket 13 may be secured tothe lower shelves 7 and 9. The upper bracket portion 12 and the lowerplate 13 are perforated, and a rod 14 having a hook at its upper .end isthrust through these perforations and serves as a holding member for therolls of brake lining. The rod 14 is substantially parallel to the axisalong which the centers 10 are located.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. The device may be shippedin a folded condition in which the shelves? and .9 are substantiallyparallel. The .device is opened up as shown in Figure 1 and the brakelining rolls may be placed on the shelves. The rod 1st is then thrustdown through the centers of the rolls of brake lining 15 and the deviceis ready for use. The free end of the brake lining roll may be pulledand the roll as a whole will revolve about the rod 1 1 without anydanger of the roll being displaced, thus the requisite length of thebrake lining may be cut as desired.

The device is of relatively light weight and of simple construction andthe rolls of brake lining may be easily placed in the rack.-

and secured in position so that when the ends thereof are pulled theroll will still maintain its position in the rack.

In Figure 5 I have shown a modified form of the device. In this figure aframe 16 having shelves 17 is pivotally secured at to the shelves 18 ofa frame'lt). The shelves 18 and the frame 19 have registering openingsthrough which a rod 21 is passed. This therewith.

rod 21 serves as a central pivot rod around which the bralre liningcoils may rotate when the brake lining is being pulled therefrom.

In this form of the device thebrake lin ing is put in from the front,Figure 5 being a perspective View from the rear of the de vice. In thisform of the device, as in the preferred form, the frame member may beclosed so as to take up little room in shipment or storage. v

It will be observed that both of these fm'mscomprise shelves arranged inpairs spaced apart from one another, the members of each pair beingpivotally connected common axial line, and a removable rod verse shelvescarried by each frame, each of the shelves of one frame being pivotallysecured to a shelf of the other frame, the pivotal points of connectionbeing in vertical alignment, a bracket carried by said frames and havingan opening and a rell'lOVdblG rod carried by the bracket and e:\'-tending vertically in the angle between the fraifnes, the space betweenthe adjacent pivoted shelves being adapted to receive rolls ofv flexiblematerial and said removable rode being arranged to extend through thecenters of the rolls of said flexible material.

ERNEST WARREN. 1.8.

